| If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Vermont. If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Jericho is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Vermont. If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Vermont If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Vermont. If someone in a store offers you assistance, and they don't work there, you might live in Vermont. If your dad's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead and the middle of his shin you might live in Vermont. If you often hear people say that "you can't get there from here,� You know what a flatlander is. Larry, Daryl and Daryl didn't offend you because they live down the road from you, or If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Vermont. If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Vermont. If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Vermont. YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE Vermonter WHEN: 1. "Vacation" means going east past I-91 for the weekend. 2. You measure distance in hours. 3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once. 4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again. 5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching. 6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings). 7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked. 8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them. 9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit. 10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow. 11. You know that the "5th" season is* Mud Season 12. You can identify a southern or western accent. 13. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce. 14. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age. 15. Down South to you means Connecticut or Maryland. 16. You have no idea what scrapple is, and don't want to. 17. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new shed. 18. You go out to fish fry every Friday. 19. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost. 20. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car. 21. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly.� 22. You actually understand these jokes, and you forward them to all your Vermont friends. |
| YOU KNOW FROM VERMONT IF.... |